Donald Trump Speech Analysis

Donald Trump’s announcement that he was running for the presidency shocked many people. When he released his announcement speech I knew I would not be voting for him because I do not agree with any of his ideas or beliefs. His speech in general is flawed and all over the place and he doesn’t seem to know what his point is or how to get to it. I believe that he uses his fame and wealth to try to win the people over and claims that he is the best there is for this position therefore earning their trust.

Trump starts off by using flattery to win his audience over by saying that they are good, hardworking people who want to make the country great again and expresses his love for them. He then moves on to attacking President Obama by saying that

The only reasons and assumptions that would support his claims is the failing security of our current border patrol and laws, the amount of money we’ve spent in other countries, and that the outcome of that is that other countries don’t respect us because of that reason. There are no sources stated of where he collected his facts so therefore I’m unable to say for sure how reliable or current his statements are because he fails to tell us where he obtained his information from. He also lacks in using visuals, images and graphics to support his arguments. He tends to use a lot of fallacies in his speech, including; Ad hominem, Post hoc fallacy, Flattery, Guilt by Association, Oversimplification, Either-or-fallacy, and False Authority. All of these fallacies are present throughout the entire speech. My impression of this speech is that he rambles on a lot and repeats himself constantly never getting to the points he’s “trying” to make and he never shows truth in what he says. His supposed purpose in running for the presidency is to “help our country”. I personally think he just feeds off of fame and doesn’t want to fail because he feels he needs to be the best at everything. I don’t think he has the qualifications to make any of the arguments he’s making because he’s a businessman, not a politician and that’s very evident in his speeches. I don’t accept any of his values or unstated assumptions because he doesn’t give me any actual facts to go with the statements that he makes and states he can fix everything but doesn’t say how or when he will do so. In my opinion this speech and many of his other speeches show that he wouldn’t make a good President for our